The Brains and Lives of Cephalopods

ISBN-13: 9780198527619 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 408 str.

Marion Nixon; R. E. Allen; John Z. Young

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The book describes the brains and sense organs of 57 of the 139 genera of the class Cephalopoda, many in great detail, as well as a variety of morphological features. The text is well-illustrated with fully labelled line drawings and photomicrographs. Attention is drawn to the many gaps in our knowledge of these intriguing marine invertebrates with a view to stimulating future research.

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Dr Marion Nixon The Old Library, School Road, Broughton, Cambridgeshire, PE28 3AT 01487 822 015 Honorary Research Fellow, Birkbeck College, University of London B.Sc., Ph.D Fellow of Linnean society Professor John Z. Young (Deceased) Emeritus Professor of Anatomy, University College, London